Releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
60
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located on steep, rich, open sugar maple forest on east side of the narrow hollow, ca. 0.3 mi from Forest Service road. Soil on this steep slope is black, very soft under foot, and apparently super rich. There appears to be subsurface lateral seepage. Soil is gravelly derived from granite. A high total of 7 fern species in plot.
Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Acer saccharum (68.9), Liriodendron (47.1), Tilia americana (26.0).